Official Labour leadership thread

[Martin Scroatman]

Let us not forget how easy populations walk sheep like into governments that play out their own prejudices. All the things that Corbyn and his ilk are against hit the right chords worth a lot of people. Despite history and a total failure of any type of far left government being associated with anything other than disaster people will follow according to their emotions. Yes, Jeremy Corbyn

Well, that depends on whether you define things purely on economic indicators.

I would welcome a major downturn in the global economy. It would mean less pressure on the world's resources, less pollution and above all force people to reassess their whole raison d'etre and focus on things other than just greed alone.

We could all be poorer financially but better off as a society.

[Jog On]

Well, that depends on whether you define things purely on economic indicators.

I would welcome a major downturn in the global economy. It would mean less pressure on the world's resources, less pollution and above all force people to reassess their whole raison d'etre and focus on things other than just greed alone.

We could all be poorer financially but better off as a society.

I agree with this that we can't continue as a society chasing endless growth it's unsustainable:

It has been suggested that if everyone on the planet consumed as much as the average US citizen, four Earths would be needed to sustain them. But where does this claim originate, and how is it calculated?

How many Earths do we need? - BBC News

[BrilloPad]

Labour closes gap with Tories by three points, new poll finds



Get sneering! It's happening!! Panic!!!

Interesting.

I would like to know how well Labour are doing in Scotland. If they could win back the seats they lost last time it would make a big difference.

There again, if Cameron thought being left wing would keep him in power he would do it. He only cares about how people vote.

[DodgyAgent]

Well, that depends on whether you define things purely on economic indicators.

I would welcome a major downturn in the global economy. It would mean less pressure on the world's resources, less pollution and above all force people to reassess their whole raison d'etre and focus on things other than just greed alone.

We could all be poorer financially but better off as a society.

Be careful what you wish for. If the financial systems unravell then anarchy and extremism will prevail. The human race is on a path of development. Science will enable us to live longer that will in turn enable us to travel further from our planet even. We will develop new technologies to replace fossil fuels, remove pollution, control climate etc etc.

[AtW]

Well, that depends on whether you define things purely on economic indicators.

I would welcome a major downturn in the global economy. It would mean less pressure on the world's resources, less pollution and above all force people to reassess their whole raison d'etre and focus on things other than just greed alone.

We could all be poorer financially but better off as a society.

World War 3 would also be pretty good - solving overpopulation of Earth nicely.

[d000hg]

Which is why "developed" nations are "developed" so why would they?

Of course it isn't. Most of them never tried it when they were not "developed" either and really it's only ever been tried in societies that were ALREADY broken.

So a)you can't make generalisations about "total failure of any type of far left government" and b)Corbyn isn't far left. He's Centre-Left rather than Centre (left).

[DimPrawn]

World War 3 would also be pretty good - solving overpopulation of Earth nicely.

Komrade Korbyn as President of the Republic of Britain.

We become the new Cuba, Russian nuclear missile bases, donated and maintained by our main ally, President Putin, for our protection against Kapitalist aggressors.

[minestrone]

Interesting.

I would like to know how well Labour are doing in Scotland. If they could win back the seats they lost last time it would make a big difference.

There again, if Cameron thought being left wing would keep him in power he would do it. He only cares about how people vote.

There are a lot of hard left roasters who vote SNP as they see it as the best way to achieve maximum socialism. I can see many of them ditching the nationalism and Nordic Socialism if Corbyn is promising a good bit of old school Marxism.

The SNP are pretty worried about this, as you can tell by the way they promised conditions for a second referendum about 36 hours after Corbyn got in, it has really fecked up their game plan.

[d000hg]

World War 3 would also be pretty good - solving overpopulation of Earth nicely.

Wikipedia says WW2 deaths top out at ~80m. Even if WW3 had casualties ten times that, it would only take us back about a decade in terms of world population.

[AtW]

Komrade Korbyn as President of the Republic of Britain.

We become the new Cuba, Russian nuclear missile bases, donated and maintained by our main ally, President Putin, for our protection against Kapitalist aggressors.

China to build nuclear reactor in UK[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn